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Children & Youth
All Stars Project
ANDRUS
The Armory Foundation
Avenues for Justice
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County
Boys and Girls Club of Harlem, Inc.
Boys and Girls Club of Oyster Bay-East Norwich
Careers through Culinary Arts Program
Children's Aid
Children's Medical Fund of New York
The Children's Village
Citizens' Committee for Children of New York
Eagle Academy Foundation
enCourage Kids Foundation
Fresh Youth Initiatives
Friends of Karen
Girl Scouts of Greater New York
Girls Incorporated of New York City
Global Kids
Hance Family Foundation
Happiness is Camping
Hope and Heroes Children's Cancer Fund
JCCA
Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club
Learning through an Expanded Arts Program
Madison Square Boys and Girls Club
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Western New York Chapter
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley
Marty Lyons Foundation
New Alternatives for Children
New York Center for Children
Northside Center for Child Development
PENCIL
Port Washington Youth Activities
Sesame Workshop
Single Parent Resource Center, Inc.
Southampton Fresh Air Home
SparkYouth NYC
The 52nd Street Project
The Boys' Club of New York
The Child Center of NY
The Door - A Center of Alternatives
The Felix Organization
Trailblazer Camps
Urban Arts Partnership
West Islip Youth Enrichment Services
Woodward Children's Center
World Youth Alliance
Yamba Malawi
Youth, Inc.
Education & Literacy
Arts & Culture
92nd Street Y
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
The Art Therapy Project
ArtsConnection
ArtsWestchester
Battery Dance Company
Bronx Council on the Arts
Concerts in Motion
Dancing Classrooms
Early Music Foundation
Education Through Music
Free Arts NYC
Intrepid Museum Foundation
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Long Island Children's Museum
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Metropolitan Opera Guild
Museum of the City of New York
National Dance Institute
New York Historical Society
New York Live Arts
New York Pops
New York Public Radio
Parrish Art Museum
PEN American Center
Pro Publica, Inc
Queens Council on the Arts
St. George Theatre Restoration Inc.
Staten Island Museum
The Little Orchestra Society/Orpheon, Inc.
The Royal Oak Foundation
Theatre Forward, Inc.
Urban Arts Partnership
Wave Hill
WNET
Health & Human Services
A Very Special Place
ACE: Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless
Arab-American Family Support Center
Bailey House
Bethany House of Nassau County
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
BronxWorks
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
Cancer Support Team
Care for the Homeless
CAREERS Support Solutions, Inc.
CaringKind, the Heart of Alzheimer’s Caregiving
Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York
Catholic Charities of Long Island
Center for Hearing and Communication
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York
Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation
City Harvest, Inc.
Citymeals on Wheels
Clubhouse International
Coalition for the Homeless
The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families
Comunilife, Inc.
Cooley's Anemia Foundation
Doe Fund and Affiliates
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, North America
Episcopal Charities of the Diocese of New York
Exponents
Family Service League
Family Services of Westchester
Feeding Westchester
Fight for Sight
Food Bank For New York City
Fortune Society
Fountain House
FPWA
Gay Men's Health Crisis
God's Love We Deliver
Goddard Riverside Community Center
Good Shepherd Services
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & Northern New Jersey
Graham Windham
Grand Street Settlement
Greenwich House
Habitat For Humanity of New York City
Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk
Halachic Organ Donor Society
HeartShare Human Services of New York
Helen Keller Services
Henry Street Settlement
Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation
Hillside Food Outreach, Inc.
Hispanic Counseling Center
Hispanic Federation
Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen
Hope And Heroes Children's Cancer Fund
Hope's Door
Hospice of Westchester
Housing Works
Human Services Council Of New York City
Hunger Free America
Imani House
Island Harvest
Jericho Project
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
Lifting Up Westchester
Lighthouse Guild
Long Island Advocacy Center
Long Island Alzheimer's and Dementia Center
Long Island Cares
Long Island Crisis Center
Long Island Housing Partnership
Mercy Haven
Mercy Home for Children
MercyFirst
Musicians on Call
My Sisters' Place
Nazareth Housing, Inc.
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter
Neighbors Together
New York Adult and Teen Challenge
New York Cares
New York Common Pantry
New York Disaster Interfaith Services
North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center
NPower
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York
Project Renewal
Public Health and Human Services Solutions
Red Door Community
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc.
Rising Ground
Robin Hood Foundation
Ronald McDonald House of Long Island
Safe Horizon
SCO Family Service
SHARE
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center
Society Of St. Vincent De Paul
Solving Kids' Cancer
St. Christopher's Inn
St. Nicks Alliance Corporation
Tell Every Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer Louisa M. McGregor Ovarian Cancer Foundation
The Bowery Mission
The Familty Center
The Guidance Center of Westchester, Inc.
The Jed Foundation
The New York Foundling
The Retreat, Inc.
UJA-Federation of New York
Unique People Services
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Long Island
United Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State
United Way of Dutchess Orange Region
United Way of Long Island
United Way of New York City
University Settlement Society of New York
Urban Pathways
Vellore Christian Medical College Foundation, Inc.
Violence Intervention Program
VISIONS
Vital Strategies
Westchester Institute for Human Development
Westchester Jewish Community Services
WhyHunger
Women in Need
World Rehabilitation Fund
YES Community Counseling Center
Community Development
African Services Committee, Inc.
America Needs You
Ascendus
Bottomless Closet
Breaking Ground
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy
Brooklyn Community Services
Business Outreach Center Network, Inc.
CAMBA
CATALYST
Cause Effective
Center for Urban Community Services
Chinatown Manpower Project, Inc.
Chinese-American Planning Council
Citizens Committee for New York City
Community Program Centers of Long Island
Community Service Society of New York
Dutchess Outreach
ECPAT-USA
Erase Racism
Friends of Israel Scouts
Harambee USA Foundation
Hudson Guild
Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement
James Beard Foundation
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, Inc.
JobsFirstNYC
Long Island Housing Services
Maryknoll Lay Missioners
Met Council
Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City
New York Center for Interpersonal Development
New York City Mission Society
New York Junior League
New York Peace Institute
Partnership for the Homeless
Phipps Neighborhoods
Sanctuary for Families
Settlement Housing Fund, Inc. and Affiliates
Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center
Tanenbaum Center For Interreligious Understanding
The HOPE Program
The Sikh Coalition
The Transition Network
Union Settlement Association
United Neighborhood Houses of New York
Urban Upbound
Westhab, Inc.
WHEDco
Women Creating Change
Women Deliver